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these discussions gained more urgency after that deadly attack on the american consulate in ben ghazi that killed our ambassador and three other americans. >>> new poll numbers on the state of the presidential race. this has some republican pundits suggest a polling conspiracy theory against governor romney. >>> more on that breaking news out of pennsylvania. a judge's ruling on the state's controversial voter i.d. law. philadelphia mayor michael nutter will join me live about what this means for his state. [ female announcer ] ready for a taste of what's hot? check out the latest collection of snacks from lean cuisine. creamy spinach artichoke dip, crispy garlic chicken spring rolls. they're this season's must-have accessory. lean cuisine. be culinary chic. they're this season's must-have accessory. mike rowe here at a ford tell me fiona, who's having a big tire event? your ford dealer. who has 11 major brands to choose from? your ford dealer. who's offering a rebate? your ford dealer. who has the low price tire guarantee... affording peace of mind to anyone who might be in the marke
these discussions gained more urgency after that deadly attack on the american consulate in ben ghazi that killed our ambassador and three other americans. >>> new poll numbers on the state of the presidential race. this has some republican pundits suggest a polling conspiracy theory against governor romney. >>> more on that breaking news out of pennsylvania. a judge's ruling on the state's controversial voter i.d. law. philadelphia mayor michael nutter will join me live about...
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. >>> the scandal involving former cia director general david petraeus is taking a back seat to ben ghazi. petraeus resigned after it was revealed he was had an affair with his biographer, paula broadwell. molly hennenberg has the latest. >> reporter: lawmakers on capitol hill leaving with more questions than answers after the former cia director testified before both the house and senate intelligence commit ease about the deadly ben ghazi attack on september 11th that killed ambassador chris stevens and three other miles an hour. >> general petraeus' briefing was comprehensive. i think it was important it added to our ability to make judgements about what can is clearly a failure of intelligence. >> we still have to determine, number one, how did is this group penetrate this facility that we had in ben ghazi and who were the folks. >> reporter: the discussion on the talking points initially relieved on the attack and to susan rice. she initially said the attack appeared to be protests over an anti-muslim film and later revealed it was a premeditated terrorist strike. >> show used the unc
. >>> the scandal involving former cia director general david petraeus is taking a back seat to ben ghazi. petraeus resigned after it was revealed he was had an affair with his biographer, paula broadwell. molly hennenberg has the latest. >> reporter: lawmakers on capitol hill leaving with more questions than answers after the former cia director testified before both the house and senate intelligence commit ease about the deadly ben ghazi attack on september 11th that killed...
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caller: he lied about ben ghazi. and when they passed the health care bill, that it would save money. it is going to cost more money. democrats and him have done all the carnage that has ever been done in this country. supporting him was the biggest mistake of this country's ever made. guest: is certainly respect your opinion, but i think you are wrong. there are a myriad of things, and i can go through the list. health care reform is actually saving the system money. it is also saving american families money in their health- care premiums. i am just as much concerned about ben ghazi has anyone else, but i will tell you that i am not a privilege to the top secret and confidential information that our nation's leaders and military are. i will not sit here and try to be an armchair quarterback in this instance. i trust in the leadership of our president and i think the majority of americans also trust in the leadership of our american -- of our president. he does not take pack seat -- back seat when it comes to foreign
caller: he lied about ben ghazi. and when they passed the health care bill, that it would save money. it is going to cost more money. democrats and him have done all the carnage that has ever been done in this country. supporting him was the biggest mistake of this country's ever made. guest: is certainly respect your opinion, but i think you are wrong. there are a myriad of things, and i can go through the list. health care reform is actually saving the system money. it is also saving american...
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we see al qaeda linked terrorists were actually training in eastern libya not far from an ghazi, that seemed to be a hotbed training area for those folks and makes you wonder if the state department believ the president's own press releases rather than what they should have seen on the ground, they shod have been connecting the dots and they failed miserably. lou: pointing out directly al qaeda is far from dead andloe benghazi terrorist attacks. whether it amounts to a whitewash. joining us now is judith miller, former u.s. amassador to the united nations, john bolton. thank you both for being here. i would like to start with a couple of the findings from the executive summary of this report. these two findings occur with one paragraph. first, embassy tripoli did not demonstrate strong and sustained advocacy with shington for increased security for special mission in benghazi. that means the consulate. lou: here's the other binding after one paragraph. in the days and months and weeks leading up to it, were inadequa. despite repeated requests and special mission in benghazi and embass
we see al qaeda linked terrorists were actually training in eastern libya not far from an ghazi, that seemed to be a hotbed training area for those folks and makes you wonder if the state department believ the president's own press releases rather than what they should have seen on the ground, they shod have been connecting the dots and they failed miserably. lou: pointing out directly al qaeda is far from dead andloe benghazi terrorist attacks. whether it amounts to a whitewash. joining us now...
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>> yes fauquier >> also, the ghazi. over ben doe >> and affirmative action returns to the supreme court. >> i hope the court rules that a student's race and ethnicity should not be considered when applying to the university of texas. >> an instant cnn poll gave the vice eventual debate to all rain. and instead cbs poll gave the debate to paujoe biden. >> falling exchange on medicare and social security. >> medicare and social zuccotti did so much for my own family. we will not jeopardize this program, but we have to save it. >> you are changing the program from a guaranteed benefit. the bottom line is that people have to pay more money out of their pocket. >> prior to the the vice- presidential debate, the question, should obama supporters start freaking out to? [laughter] did the vice-president head of the freak out? >> i think he probably did. for the days, for the people who were cheering him on, he did with the president did not do the week before. he answered everything that bryant had to say -- that ryan had to sa
>> yes fauquier >> also, the ghazi. over ben doe >> and affirmative action returns to the supreme court. >> i hope the court rules that a student's race and ethnicity should not be considered when applying to the university of texas. >> an instant cnn poll gave the vice eventual debate to all rain. and instead cbs poll gave the debate to paujoe biden. >> falling exchange on medicare and social security. >> medicare and social zuccotti did so much for my...
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they pretended to shoot ghazi several times when you were blindfolded and then they fired the gun up in the air. >> that was nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engle speaking on the "today" show this morning just hours after being freed from syria where he was kidnapped and held captive for five days. engle went on to say that he and his crew were freed following a gun fight between his canter and rebel forces. we are so, so, so grateful to have him back in safe arms. >> indeed. >> indeed. >> we minded of these reporters in war zones and the risks they take. >> and it's all different now in a war zone. there are no front lines. >> right. >> no uniforms. >> exactly. >> all different. you guys have sebastian on the line and listening to his testimony, you're just reminded. anthony shadeed. these guys are heroes. >> yes, they are. up next, newtown, connecticut, begins to lay to rest the 20 children killed in friday's school shooting as more lawmakers call for stricter gun regulations. we'll discuss all this straight ahead on "morning swroe." meet the 5-passenger ford c-max hybrid.
they pretended to shoot ghazi several times when you were blindfolded and then they fired the gun up in the air. >> that was nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engle speaking on the "today" show this morning just hours after being freed from syria where he was kidnapped and held captive for five days. engle went on to say that he and his crew were freed following a gun fight between his canter and rebel forces. we are so, so, so grateful to have him back in safe arms....
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but we learned some very hard and painful lessons in eleven ghazi. we were -- benghazi. we are already or acting on them, we have to do better. we owe it to our colleagues who host their lives in benghazi, we owe it to the security professionals who acted with such extraordinary heroism that awful night to try to protect them, and we owe it to thousands of our colleagues serving america with great dedication every day in diplomatic posts around the world. we will never prevent every act of terrorism or achieve perfect security, but we will never stop working to get better and safer. as secretary clinton has said, the united states will keep leading and keep engaging around the world include anything those hard race places where america's interests and values are at stake. thank you very much. >> secretary nyes. >> mr. chairman, senator lugar, members of the committee, i also want to thank you for this opportunity. i want to reiterate what bill has said. all of us have a responsibility to provide the men and women who serve this country with the best possible security and
but we learned some very hard and painful lessons in eleven ghazi. we were -- benghazi. we are already or acting on them, we have to do better. we owe it to our colleagues who host their lives in benghazi, we owe it to the security professionals who acted with such extraordinary heroism that awful night to try to protect them, and we owe it to thousands of our colleagues serving america with great dedication every day in diplomatic posts around the world. we will never prevent every act of...
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caller: he lied about ben ghazi. and when they passed the health care bill, that it would save money. it is going to cost more money. democrats and him have done all the carnage that has ever been done in this country. supporting him was the biggest mistake of this country's ever made. guest: is certainly respect your opinion, but i think you are wrong. there are a myriad of things, and i can go through the list. health care reform is actually saving the system money. it is also saving american families money in their health- care premiums. i am just as much concerned about ben ghazi has anyone else, but i will tell you that i am not a privilege to the top secret and confidential information that our nation's leaders and military are. i will not sit here and try to be an armchair quarterback in this instance. i trust in the leadership of our president and i think the majority of americans also trust in the leadership of our american -- of our president. he does not take pack seat -- back seat when it comes to foreign
caller: he lied about ben ghazi. and when they passed the health care bill, that it would save money. it is going to cost more money. democrats and him have done all the carnage that has ever been done in this country. supporting him was the biggest mistake of this country's ever made. guest: is certainly respect your opinion, but i think you are wrong. there are a myriad of things, and i can go through the list. health care reform is actually saving the system money. it is also saving american...
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there are calls on some social media sites for more protests in ben ghazi and here in tripoli. what is the latest in cairo? what specifically was it about this movie that sparked this sudden and very violent attacks on the u.s. diplomatic posts? >> reporter: well, the situation is that there are hundreds on the ground, calls for more protests tomorrow. what's specifically offensive about this film are many things actually, erin, namely, the movie calls the prophet muhammad gay, womanizer, molester of children, basically all things that muslims would find offensive are in this video. and this is what the protesters are saying is fueling their anger to go to the embassy, and to -- what as we saw, a handful of them, go into the embassy come pound, tear down the american flag. and during this whole operation, the question is, where were the comput security forces? the embassy gave a warning to citizens earlier in the day, we have known security forces have known this protest was going to happen for a while. why weren't they there? it shows the poor state of egyptian security forces
there are calls on some social media sites for more protests in ben ghazi and here in tripoli. what is the latest in cairo? what specifically was it about this movie that sparked this sudden and very violent attacks on the u.s. diplomatic posts? >> reporter: well, the situation is that there are hundreds on the ground, calls for more protests tomorrow. what's specifically offensive about this film are many things actually, erin, namely, the movie calls the prophet muhammad gay, womanizer,...
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. >> the deadly attack on ghazi was not preplanned that contradicts what we heard from libya's government. >> the investigation continues into that cont lat assault from libya. was this a coordinated attack? the u.s. intelligence agencies simply didn't see it coming. protests over the weekend in afghanistan. even london is outraged over the anti islamic film "made in the united states" continues to spread. was the anger really behind the attack in libya. libya's president says no. >> the way the perpetrators acted and moved they are choosing the specific date for this so-called demonstration. this leaves us with no doubt this was preplanned, presdermed. >>> that is not how the white house sees it. the u.s. ambassador to the united nations went around to the sunday morning talk shows and argued it all comes back to the film protests that first boiled over in cairo and spread. the u.s. didn't simply miss signs a coordinated attack was in the offing. >> it is important to know there is an fb vifshg gages that has begun and will take some time to be completed. that will tell us with certainty
. >> the deadly attack on ghazi was not preplanned that contradicts what we heard from libya's government. >> the investigation continues into that cont lat assault from libya. was this a coordinated attack? the u.s. intelligence agencies simply didn't see it coming. protests over the weekend in afghanistan. even london is outraged over the anti islamic film "made in the united states" continues to spread. was the anger really behind the attack in libya. libya's president...
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consulate, while democrats say the focus should be on fining who was responsible for that attack in ben ghazi on september 11th, not the deciding blame. obama administration officials headed to capitol hill to tell the house oversight committee that the security every ben ghaz icons late was based of the -- on the assessments of the resources on the ground and what is available. the critics were quick to point out that the administration, in their words, has been trying to cover up or play down the attacksby first describe it, and that it got out of hand. there were questions between the disagreements between the state department and u.s. officials in washington over large the security force should be. >> would you classify what took place here, the disagreement, based on what they testified to? >> no, sir, i would -- . >> disagreement level? >> i would describe it as a dialogue between the post and diplomatic security. >> this is a level where you need to weigh in or someone higher? >> no, sir, it did not. >> the national security in there? >> no, sir, it did not. >> what is enfire iting is
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ben ghazi. these are all acts of war. a u.s. embassy should be safe as your living room. if you are overseaing - overseas and you go to a embassy and you are in the foreign country and by all international laww those are acts of war. and we have to stop calling these man caused disasters and work place violence and then when something like this happens, don't condemn the acts of those people who are perpetrating such violence on your property and our people. >> gretchen: what should president obama do today. >> for god sakes stay home and be commander-in-chief. >> gretchen: should he come out and give a statement. >> certainlyy, a statement should have been given yesterday to denounce the statement that was begin from the u.s. embassy in cairo and denounce that and say we condemn what protestors did. they started a fire. they took down the flag of the united states. and put an islamic flag. we are at war and we better say who we are at war against and stop using the funny words . we are against
ben ghazi. these are all acts of war. a u.s. embassy should be safe as your living room. if you are overseaing - overseas and you go to a embassy and you are in the foreign country and by all international laww those are acts of war. and we have to stop calling these man caused disasters and work place violence and then when something like this happens, don't condemn the acts of those people who are perpetrating such violence on your property and our people. >> gretchen: what should...
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first time we'd had an opportunity as the press corps to question him about what happened in men with ghazi, and here is one of the questions or statements that gets made. listen. >> and congratulations, by the way. >> thanks. there when i was running for state senate. >> that's right, i was. >> christy and i go back -- >> i've never seen you lose. i wasn't looking the one time. jon: judy, what do you think of that? >> well, i think a little banter back and fort is sometimes appropriate -- forth and sometimes appropriate, but not when a president has been hiding from the media, at least the media who's supposed to be asking him to tough questions for so very long. this was our first opportunity as reporters to get him to answer the questions that have been swirling around the benghazi incident and the administration's presentation of what happened there. and he got off very, very easy. what he did was divert attention from those pressing issues to his defense of his u.n. ambassador, susan rice. that's what this was for him, a great moment to kind of score chivalrous points rather than answe
first time we'd had an opportunity as the press corps to question him about what happened in men with ghazi, and here is one of the questions or statements that gets made. listen. >> and congratulations, by the way. >> thanks. there when i was running for state senate. >> that's right, i was. >> christy and i go back -- >> i've never seen you lose. i wasn't looking the one time. jon: judy, what do you think of that? >> well, i think a little banter back and...
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edited the talking points but how is this helping us find out what went so terribly wrong in ben gau ghazi? how is it doing that? >> first of all, you have multiple committees in the house and the senate. you have homeland security. have you intelligence. you have defense. you have the bodies already there who have staffs. and this is what they do. you don't need a special committee as senator john mccain is calling for. that makes no sense at all. thankfully, he is now showing up at these hearings. remember, the first one he chose to skip to have a news conference and said later it was a scheduling error. republicans are trying to find the first opportunity to hit this president after he won the election. they want the scuttle of ambassador rice to be secretary of state. i say to the president, you appoint her and say you guys want to fight? bring it. they should go on the offensive. he has a right to appoint anybody he he wants to. >> now see -- >> they want the first person to go after. >> i so disagree with you, roland. voters want peace. they don't want partisan bickering. >> no, no.
edited the talking points but how is this helping us find out what went so terribly wrong in ben gau ghazi? how is it doing that? >> first of all, you have multiple committees in the house and the senate. you have homeland security. have you intelligence. you have defense. you have the bodies already there who have staffs. and this is what they do. you don't need a special committee as senator john mccain is calling for. that makes no sense at all. thankfully, he is now showing up at...
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. >> maybe we can get to the bottom of tryptophan ghazi. i'll just show myself out. >> bill: good-bye. >> sorry. >> bill: well, we're very excited that this hour -- [ laughter ] i don't even want to comment on that. we're very excited that brad woodhouse, communications director for the dnc is going to be in studio with us in this hour. brad woodhouse who won a bet but still pretended like he was willing to go along with having -- as if he had lost a bet and shaved his head. on national television. two days ago, sunday morning. we'll see how brad is suffering this humiliation. he may decide he likes that new look. >> might keep it. stan collender or james route. >> bill: we ought to make a list of all of the famous dome heads, right? all right. and big flap now over whether or not there will be any reform to the filibuster. wait until you hear what mitch mcconnell said about it yesterday. but first... >> this is the "full court press." >> on this tuesday, other headlines making news. as much as dunkin' donuts may think it brews the best cof
. >> maybe we can get to the bottom of tryptophan ghazi. i'll just show myself out. >> bill: good-bye. >> sorry. >> bill: well, we're very excited that this hour -- [ laughter ] i don't even want to comment on that. we're very excited that brad woodhouse, communications director for the dnc is going to be in studio with us in this hour. brad woodhouse who won a bet but still pretended like he was willing to go along with having -- as if he had lost a bet and shaved his...
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. >> and ghazi -- libya is very different because they are very supportive of the west for what they did in overthrowing gadhafi as opposed to other countries, where no one asked for american aid and got military support. but the point is i used to live in the admin. and in yemen, people were very supportive of attacks against the american military and american civilians. they were supportive of the 9/11 attacks. but today there was an attack in yemen, the al qaeda sponsor -- >> same thing happen in saudi arabia in 2000. we have another question over here. >> i'm brain that govern, veteran intelligence professionals for sanity. i was there to broaden the discussion to russia. i used to know a lot about russia and i think i remember they are very interested in syria. how serious do you think the russians consider what is happening in syria? was the word on the street or in diplomatic circles as to how far the russians will go? >> i can't really talk about russian foreign policy. it's not my specialty. i've a friend who's very good at it, but that's not me. >> did you have a question,
. >> and ghazi -- libya is very different because they are very supportive of the west for what they did in overthrowing gadhafi as opposed to other countries, where no one asked for american aid and got military support. but the point is i used to live in the admin. and in yemen, people were very supportive of attacks against the american military and american civilians. they were supportive of the 9/11 attacks. but today there was an attack in yemen, the al qaeda sponsor -- >>...
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we have this situation in benghazi and other areas of the world, israel ghazi situation intensifying. she's busy with plenty on her hands. i think she wants to take her time once she leaves the administration and think about it. one point i make people forget, we all love her now. in the context of a presidential campaign, all the mud slinging comes back, all the negativity comes back. i think for someone like that she has to ask herself, is that how i want to spend my time or do i want to spend my time working with a foundation and working on issues i care about. we'll see. >> quickly before we go on the republican side, who do we need to keep an eye out for 2016? >> that's a great question. we have a deep bench with wonderful governors, susanna martinez. bobby jindal. marco rubio. mike huckabee could make a run again. we have a deep bench and we have to let them get out and articulate and see what we have in 2016. no stage is brighter than the presidential race and you have to decide if you want to handle it and once you get there, it's an a long hard process and you have to go thro
we have this situation in benghazi and other areas of the world, israel ghazi situation intensifying. she's busy with plenty on her hands. i think she wants to take her time once she leaves the administration and think about it. one point i make people forget, we all love her now. in the context of a presidential campaign, all the mud slinging comes back, all the negativity comes back. i think for someone like that she has to ask herself, is that how i want to spend my time or do i want to...
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lawmakers want more answers and some say petraeus should tistill testify on capit hill about ben gaz vi ghazi att. the woman at the center, paul what broad did the well, a 40-year-old mother of two, an army reserve office who like petraeus graduated from west point. broadwell has not been shy about her access to petraeus. co-hosting a barbecue with jon stewart to raise money for wounded warriors before the democratic national convention in september. she spoke often about her connection to the cia director which she acknowledged rubbed some in the military the wrong way. >> i was embedded with general petraeus in afrg and it was a little confusing for some of the folk there is because i'm also a military reservist. so a lot of my former peers didn't know how to treat me. >> reporter: steven boy wlan says he exchanged e-mails and calls with broadwell when she was just starting to do research for her book. >> she sounded driven, she seemed smart on the topic. >> reporter: like so many, boylan is still wheeling from the news. but he hopes america will remember petraeus' 30 plus years of service.
lawmakers want more answers and some say petraeus should tistill testify on capit hill about ben gaz vi ghazi att. the woman at the center, paul what broad did the well, a 40-year-old mother of two, an army reserve office who like petraeus graduated from west point. broadwell has not been shy about her access to petraeus. co-hosting a barbecue with jon stewart to raise money for wounded warriors before the democratic national convention in september. she spoke often about her connection to the...
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>> [inaudible] in libya and part of his brief be to set about any reopening of the mission in bicep ghazi? >> he arrived very late last night libya time, is my understanding. we as ambassador and undersecretary kennedy said yesterday, we haven't made any decisions in regard to the future of benghazi, we're just going to have to see how the situation evolves. still on libya? >> we. >> yeah. >> follow up to the -- >> can you tell me who you are? >> mike he soon of fox. do. >> every time i turn around i've got a new foxy. going to have to follow you. >> ab -- an agent at the talk instantly saw -- that the agent instantly yelled "attack, attack," and the agent immediately notified washington of what was going on. on the same call, one of the senior officials said it was, quote: not our conclusion that in the first several days this was prompted by the anti-islam video. so how is it that ambassador rice came to such a different conclusion when she was on the sunday show. >> well, i'm going to refer you to what undersecretary kennedy said both on the hill yesterday and from this podium yesterda
>> [inaudible] in libya and part of his brief be to set about any reopening of the mission in bicep ghazi? >> he arrived very late last night libya time, is my understanding. we as ambassador and undersecretary kennedy said yesterday, we haven't made any decisions in regard to the future of benghazi, we're just going to have to see how the situation evolves. still on libya? >> we. >> yeah. >> follow up to the -- >> can you tell me who you are? >> mike...
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obama and key national security aides made a secret finding as early as september 12th that the men gaz ghazi murders were an act of terrorism. fox news has since learned that five days later there was still an internal dispute raking inside the administration -- raging inside the administration over how to characterize the attacks publicly because senior intelligence officials reached out on monday, september 17th, to several security contractors to have them review the mortar damage to the u.s. annex in benghazi as captured in a series of images taken by cbs news. based on the angles of impact and fragmentation patterns, these analysts concluded there were at least two mortar teams to score district hits, all obvious evidence of a terrorist attack. the intelligence officials then used these outside assessments to rebut internal claims from other officials that these benghazi murders were just a spontaneous mob action that grew out of control. and the very next day matt olsen, chief of the national counterterrorism center, testified publicly that the acts were an act of terror. @james rosen,
obama and key national security aides made a secret finding as early as september 12th that the men gaz ghazi murders were an act of terrorism. fox news has since learned that five days later there was still an internal dispute raking inside the administration -- raging inside the administration over how to characterize the attacks publicly because senior intelligence officials reached out on monday, september 17th, to several security contractors to have them review the mortar damage to the...
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they pretended to shoot ghazi several times. when you're blindfolded, and then they fired the gun up in the air. it can be very traumatic experience. and at end of this, we were being moved to yet another location in the -- around 11:00 last night local time. and as we were moving along the road, the kidnappers came across a rebel checkpoint. something they hadn't expected. and so we were in the back of, like, when you think of as a minivan, and as we were driving along the road, the kidnappers saw this checkpoint, started a gunfight with it, two of the kidnappers were killed, we climbed out of the vehicle and the rebels took us. we spent the night with them. we didn't get much sleep. >> well, brooke, you heard it there. essentially they were -- they were rescued by rebels, close to the syrian regime. this is an unbelievably lucky escape. let's be honest here. it could have gone horribly wrong, a million different ways, held captive, kidnapped, in a house, transported to a second location. at that point, running into a rebel che
they pretended to shoot ghazi several times. when you're blindfolded, and then they fired the gun up in the air. it can be very traumatic experience. and at end of this, we were being moved to yet another location in the -- around 11:00 last night local time. and as we were moving along the road, the kidnappers came across a rebel checkpoint. something they hadn't expected. and so we were in the back of, like, when you think of as a minivan, and as we were driving along the road, the kidnappers...
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you were asking about gen ben ghazi, do you want to talk benghazi? >> yeah. >> you've been on the ground. you know, you know what it's like to be on the ground when your intelligence is no good, i think from a military standpoint, i don't think it made any sense whatsoever to send a quick reaction force, which would neither be quick, nor would it necessarily be able to react to what was on the ground. by that time, anyway, ambassador stevens was dead. >> let's talk about from a personal standpoint. i know that you have known david petraeus and his wife, holly, for about the same length of time that they've known each other. tell me their story. >> david petraeus was a cadet at west point from '71-'75. i taught there from '73-'76. so we overlapped. holly petraeus, met him there. and why? because her father, lieutenant general william noelten, was the superintendant of the military academy at the time. they're a military family. as a matter of fact, general knollton's family goes all the way back to the revolutionary wars. so holly petraeus has been st
you were asking about gen ben ghazi, do you want to talk benghazi? >> yeah. >> you've been on the ground. you know, you know what it's like to be on the ground when your intelligence is no good, i think from a military standpoint, i don't think it made any sense whatsoever to send a quick reaction force, which would neither be quick, nor would it necessarily be able to react to what was on the ground. by that time, anyway, ambassador stevens was dead. >> let's talk about from...
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developments in the past couple of months is how the european union and the united states concern about ben ghazi made a united effort in libya. a public united effort and i'm not talking about military action with the eu and the united states at this time but we are kind of slow to understanding and appreciating israel's predict ament. we better make up. >> shannon: as the first person to head up the department of homeland security there was a foiled plot with a gentleman who thought he was coming to bomb the u.s. capital. you have to be heartened in the intelligence community was on top of that. >> there have been several plots uncovered. the question i have about this particular insurance kent is whether or not we was an enabled terrorist before we dealt with him. did we pick a name up and then befriended him and then equipped him or did we think he truly had the capability to attack unilaterally himself. we will know at the end of the day how effective obviously the fbi was effective. we will know his status. was he enabled or were we enabling. that is a difference. i don't want americans to
developments in the past couple of months is how the european union and the united states concern about ben ghazi made a united effort in libya. a public united effort and i'm not talking about military action with the eu and the united states at this time but we are kind of slow to understanding and appreciating israel's predict ament. we better make up. >> shannon: as the first person to head up the department of homeland security there was a foiled plot with a gentleman who thought he...
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the next problem, you denied that the president had anything to do with an ghazi. that simply is not true. for two weeks after it happened, he shut everybody out to cover up for him and say that it was a protest. and it was not. >> ok. guest: i would have to disagree with the caller on who started all of this. if you look at historical data, economically, americans have done better under democratic administrations than the house republican administrations. during the years of bill clinton, 23 million private- sector jobs were created. george bush's numbers in comparison were quite paltry. again on ben ghazi, i said before that i am not privileged to some of the information that i am sure our president and military leaders have right now i would put money on the fact that our last caller is not as well. i trust wholeheartedly the leadership of our president. he takes a backseat to no one when it comes to military issues or foreign policy issues. he has taken very bold steps when faced with threats from other nations or from terrorists. a leading example, of course,
the next problem, you denied that the president had anything to do with an ghazi. that simply is not true. for two weeks after it happened, he shut everybody out to cover up for him and say that it was a protest. and it was not. >> ok. guest: i would have to disagree with the caller on who started all of this. if you look at historical data, economically, americans have done better under democratic administrations than the house republican administrations. during the years of bill...
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rick: how wig of a story -- how big of a story do you think it is going to turn out to be, bebb ghazi? -- benghazi? i've heard people compare it to watergate given that no one died from watergate. as we take a look at what we know, what information we have available to us, what do you think is the potential here with this story? >> it depends because we've got a split congress. in the senate, it's run by democrats. they were having closed-door investigations last week, and a lot of democrats told me that they saw this as something that would be difficult to get to the bottom of, full of vague information and, you know, this whole fog of war thing. will we ever really know who's to blame? they're trying to push it aside and say there's nothing more to see here. now, republicans are really pursuing this. you have john mccain and lindsey graham in the senate, and you have folks in the house who -- which is run by republicans -- who want more answers. it's really going to be almost a political fight as to how far we go with in the benghazi investigation, because it's very clearly most dem
rick: how wig of a story -- how big of a story do you think it is going to turn out to be, bebb ghazi? -- benghazi? i've heard people compare it to watergate given that no one died from watergate. as we take a look at what we know, what information we have available to us, what do you think is the potential here with this story? >> it depends because we've got a split congress. in the senate, it's run by democrats. they were having closed-door investigations last week, and a lot of...
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talking about ben ghazi and libya. what do those debts to reveal about president obama's foreign policy leadership? guest: that is a tough situation. i have been more following the campaign than the twists and turns of what happened in libya. it has not gotten a lot of coverage in some of the media. fox news have been pounding on it hard. i think maybe we will get some cooler answers after the election. host: jacksonville, fla., independent caller, patricia. caller: i am so sorry. i have three points i want to make and i were you to be patient with me. the first is, no matter who wins on tuesday, mitt romney has already won because he has drawn attention to [indiscernible] that is already the issue, mitt romney has won. the second point is, how can anyone vote for someone who is a line -- who is lying on everything that he says? host: who you think is lying? and what are they lying about? caller: he has lied, for example example, he was the one -- he lied a lot about the president. what he said about the auto companies
talking about ben ghazi and libya. what do those debts to reveal about president obama's foreign policy leadership? guest: that is a tough situation. i have been more following the campaign than the twists and turns of what happened in libya. it has not gotten a lot of coverage in some of the media. fox news have been pounding on it hard. i think maybe we will get some cooler answers after the election. host: jacksonville, fla., independent caller, patricia. caller: i am so sorry. i have three...
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turning to an attack in van ghazi, an independent report of the killing of the u.s. ambassador to libya proceedings and three other americans will be presented to -- christopher stevens and three other americans will be presented today. that report will be presented to members of congress this week before a private briefing on wednesday. also, the house foreign affairs committee holds a hearing on the report this thursday, december 20 with testimony from state department deputy bill burns. secretary clinton was to appear but is recovering from a concussion. those are the headlines on c- span radio. >> the ohio electoral college meets in columbus, ohio and and in eastern today to cast the buckeye state's 18 electoral votes for president obama. you can see the proceedings live from the senate chamber. you can watch the proceedings live on c-span3. everything will be held today on raising the medicare eligibility age to 67 years old and its effects. that will be alive today on c- span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: on mondays at this time we look at your mon
turning to an attack in van ghazi, an independent report of the killing of the u.s. ambassador to libya proceedings and three other americans will be presented to -- christopher stevens and three other americans will be presented today. that report will be presented to members of congress this week before a private briefing on wednesday. also, the house foreign affairs committee holds a hearing on the report this thursday, december 20 with testimony from state department deputy bill burns....
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i'll start with again ghazi here just real -- benghazi here just real quick. it seems the republicans are looking for any reason to besmirch this administration. maybe if the republican congress hadn't cut funding for security for our embass sees by $30 million in the last two years, you know, maybe our people would still be alive over there today. i think they're looking for someone to blame for that. maybe they should look in the mirror. and as far as the fiscal cliff, there again i think the republican congress brought a lot of this on us as well. suddenly not working with this president. you know, it's pure, plain and simple. along with the corruption that there has been, political corruption and corporate corruption and almost brought our economy to its knees. it was less than a year ago i think they did away with insider trading for our politicians. i mean, come on. nobody in the real world is able to get inside information on what stocks are going to go up and what stocks are going to go down, why politicses have that ability is just corruption. lots an
i'll start with again ghazi here just real -- benghazi here just real quick. it seems the republicans are looking for any reason to besmirch this administration. maybe if the republican congress hadn't cut funding for security for our embass sees by $30 million in the last two years, you know, maybe our people would still be alive over there today. i think they're looking for someone to blame for that. maybe they should look in the mirror. and as far as the fiscal cliff, there again i think the...
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he arrived on a cargo ship in the port of ben ghazi and began building our relationship with libya's revolutionaries. he risked his life to stop a tyrant. then gave his life trying to help build a better libya. the world needs more chris stevenses. i spoke with his sister ann this morning and told her that he will be remembered. sean smith was an air force veteran. he spent ten years as a manager in the state department. he was posted at the hague and was in libya on a brief temporary assignment. he was a husband. to his wife heather. with whom i spoke this morning. he was a father to two young children, samantha and nathan. they will grow up being proud of the service their father gave to our country. service that took him from pretoria to baghdad and finally to benghazi. the mission that drew chris and sean and their colleagues to libya is both noeble and necessary. we and the people of libya honor their memory by carrying it forward. this is not easy. today, many americans are asking, indeed, i asked myself, how could this happen. how could this happen in a country we helped liber
he arrived on a cargo ship in the port of ben ghazi and began building our relationship with libya's revolutionaries. he risked his life to stop a tyrant. then gave his life trying to help build a better libya. the world needs more chris stevenses. i spoke with his sister ann this morning and told her that he will be remembered. sean smith was an air force veteran. he spent ten years as a manager in the state department. he was posted at the hague and was in libya on a brief temporary...
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the large demonstrations condemning this lascivious crime in the city of van ghazi -- benghazi and other libyan cities is the true reflection of a feeling of the libyan people and its feelings toward violence and extremism. libya will never be home to extremist groups. we shall always be a peaceful moslem country, one of moderation -- peaceful muslim country, one of moderation. mr. president, the new libya will be a place of hospitality, transparency, enabling women and youth. it will be a libya by all and for all at the same time. it cannot fail to condemn the anti- islam campaign and those defaming his profit. -- prohet. such campaigns increase hatred and provocation and attention among civilizations. they go beyond the concept of free expression. this makes it necessary for the general assembly of the united nations to adopt a covenant in order to criminalize actions that are insulting of the symbols of all religions. and we, as muslims, believe fully in the unity of mankind, of the brotherhood of man, and we express our support for dialog between religions and cooperation, tolerance,
the large demonstrations condemning this lascivious crime in the city of van ghazi -- benghazi and other libyan cities is the true reflection of a feeling of the libyan people and its feelings toward violence and extremism. libya will never be home to extremist groups. we shall always be a peaceful moslem country, one of moderation -- peaceful muslim country, one of moderation. mr. president, the new libya will be a place of hospitality, transparency, enabling women and youth. it will be a...
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the decision to go with a subcontractor was based on our concern how long we would be in ben ghazi. we were concerned we would have to find a position for them of that post ever went away. it is my understanding there was a high turnover with those people. in terms of the arms security that were there, it was a core group that stayed there for the duration. >> if you would want to finish up on anything responsive, that is fine. >> the 16 members did ago to benghazi to support movement of the principal officer to bolster the security that was there. she made trips, and they were needed there for the extra movement that she had and to remain rigid to guarded the compound and provide a quick reaction force if necessary. we did that on two separate occasions to provide extra support. the sst, what goes above and beyond normal law enforcement oriented security. these individuals were familiar and carried larger caliber weapons and the tactics they would employ is to counter military-style attack. >> thank you. >> ambassador kennedy, i want to make sure i clarify one of the most controver
the decision to go with a subcontractor was based on our concern how long we would be in ben ghazi. we were concerned we would have to find a position for them of that post ever went away. it is my understanding there was a high turnover with those people. in terms of the arms security that were there, it was a core group that stayed there for the duration. >> if you would want to finish up on anything responsive, that is fine. >> the 16 members did ago to benghazi to support...
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. >> john: we'll be taking more of your calls on the debate and bib ghazi. i'm pleased to welcome to the show someone i've admired for awhile, from puz feed, please welcome -- from "buzzfeed," rebecca bird. thank you and welcome to the "bill press show." >> thank you for having me. >> john: what a pleasure to have you and thanks for being had. i understand you've been spend quite a bit of time focusing on the increasingly troublesome missouri race. >> i'm actually in missouri this week going around to a number of akin events. it is as interesting as ever. >> john: i'm curious as to what you've noticed. all we hear, you know, in the rest of the country is that akin inexplicably is still in the race despite the fact most of the g.o.p. has shunned him and he's really stayed competitive with claire mccaskill in one of the most depressing turn of events in history. >> he is still in the race. it is incredible. he is rated as a tossup. within few points of mccaskill. he has no money to speak of. and yet people hear in miss -- here in missouri are so disenchanted w
. >> john: we'll be taking more of your calls on the debate and bib ghazi. i'm pleased to welcome to the show someone i've admired for awhile, from puz feed, please welcome -- from "buzzfeed," rebecca bird. thank you and welcome to the "bill press show." >> thank you for having me. >> john: what a pleasure to have you and thanks for being had. i understand you've been spend quite a bit of time focusing on the increasingly troublesome missouri race. >>...